Andrew Friend is a documentary filmmaker in Chicago. During his 9-year service at a PBS station, his cinematography and lighting designs contributed to multiple award-winning projects, including his own Emmy nomination for technical achievement in videography in 2008. His 2010 film Workers' Republic was seen in many film festivals, and garnered the John Michaels Human Rights Film Award from the Big Muddy Film Fest. He is a producer and board member of grass-roots video collective Labor Beat. His 2015 film Schoolidarity documents and contrasts the Wisconsin Uprising of 2011 and the Chicago Teachers Strike of 2012.

Schoolidarity

The documentary film that analyzes the nationwide political and corporate attack on public education and public sector workers. It's the history of recent union movements in Chicago and Wisconsin, marking paths to victories, examining defeats, and exposing villains disguised as friends.